David Jenkins

David Jenkins was a British Royal Navy sailor who was sent to infiltrate the pirate Blackbeard's crew during the Golden Age of Piracy. Jenkins reported to Lieutenant Robert Maynard, meeting him at Ocracoke, North Carolina on 22 November 1718 as Blackbeard and his crew held a party on the island. Jenkins told Maynard about Blackbeard's abuse of his crew and his habit of drinking alcohol mixed with gunpowder, and he fired off a signal flare that led to the Royal Navy assaulting the island and slaying Blackbeard.